White House Expected to Nominate CFTC Commissioners to FDIC, Treasury Roles: Reports
The White House is expected to nominate Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero as the next Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair media outlets have reported.
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Circle Was Top Depositor Aided by SVB Government Rescue: Bloomberg
The FDIC guarantee included over $3.3 billion the USDC stablecoin issuer held at the lender.
First Citizens to Buy Silicon Valley Bank’s Deposits, Loans in $55.5B Agreement With FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation says the 17 former branches of Silicon Valley Bank will re-open as First Citizens Bank & Trust Company on Monday, March 27.
Former NY Regulator: Crypto Isn’t the Reason Why Signature Bank Was Closed
But instead, the firm did not provide reliable and consistent data, creating a significant crisis of confidence in the bank’s leadership, Maria Vullo, previously a superintendent at the government department, told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”
This Crisis Will Define the Future of Money
The recent collapse of three high-profile banks – Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank – has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks. Now, with the U.S. Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth $2 trillion and Switzerland’s central bank bailing out Credit Suisse to the tune of $54 billion, the echoes of prior crisis in 2008 and 2013 are loud.
Signature Bank’s Prospective Buyers Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business: Report
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reportedly asked banks interested in acquiring the shuttered New York institution to submit bids by Friday.
Signature Bank’s Signet Platform Still Works, But Some Clients Have Moved On
A source told CoinDesk the real-time payments platform, popular with crypto businesses, will continue to be offered under the newly established Signature Bridge Bank entity.
USDC Issuer Circle Says it ‘Awaits Clarity’ From FDIC on Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
In its first statement following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Circle declined to state how much cash it has tied up at the bank.
The Rise and Fall of Silvergate’s Crypto Business
Silvergate Bank lost more than $8 billion in deposits from its crypto customers in the final months of 2022 as its core block of business crumbled under the industry’s implosion – just as the bank’s regulators had predicted might happen for such institutions.
Was Silvergate on Borrowed Time as Regulators Backed Banks Away From Crypto?
Silvergate Bank is being hollowed out as its customers retreat following the disclosure that it has to reassess its financials and may not be a “going concern” within a year. The prominent California-based crypto bank’s future gets increasingly murky.